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Just seen 48151 out on test. Photos later when I can feel my fingers and toes again!!!
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My least favourite loco and Statesman Rail my least favourite operator. Paid handsomely for a steam hauled trip Lancaster over Settle and Carlisle to Carlisle and back. 48151 hit problems at Preston (injector) and replaced by class 47 County of Essex at Hellifield. All Statesman concerned about was making up and gaining time so the pleasures of a steam loco wiring hard and lingering views of the countryside were substituted by a diesel flat out and the scenery a blur. Statesman didn't giv...